| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024heck1 /hɛk/USA pronunciation n., interj. - This word is used with words beginning with wh-, as who, what, etc., to express mild annoyance or disgust, etc.:What the heck do you care?
- This word is also used in the phrase a heck of to emphasize the speaker's feelings about the amount of or the quality of something:a heck of a good speech.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024heck1 (hek),USA pronunciation interj. - (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.):What the heck do you care?
n. - something remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phrase heck of a):That was a heck of an impressive speech. Have one heck of a good time.
- Idioms as heck (used as a mild intensifier):I say he's guilty as heck.
- euphemistic alteration of hell 1850–55
- Textilesa comblike attachment on a loom, for guiding the warp threads as they are dressed for the warp beam.
- Textilesa device that guides yarn onto the bobbin of a spinning wheel.
- Textilesa gridlike arrangement of glass or metal rods below the hooks on a Jacquard loom, used for lifting all harness eyes equally or evenly.
- Middle English hekke, Old English hecc, variant of hæcc hatch2 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: heck /hɛk/ interj - a mild exclamation of surprise, irritation, etc
Etymology: 19th Century: euphemistic for hell |